Just Passing Through: Archive

Steven Heller, printmag.com

The 1939/40 New York World’s Fair was an extraordinary experience for each of the reported fifty million visitors who passed through its futuristic gates and gazed at the majestic Trylon and Perisphere. It was the most ambitious…

The Town of Tomorrow. Residential architecture of the ‘39 World’s Fair. http://flpbd.it/oJzP

Dec 10, 2011

“Please make the video between 60 seconds and 1 minute.” —(via clientsfromhell)

Dec 9, 2011439 notes

Discussing wood with Siri

Bwahahahaha! African or European woodchucks!

soundcloud:

If you have an iPhone 4S, by now you’ve surely had some fun with Siri.

Here’s a SoundCloud group called You Cannot Be Siri-ous with a collection of funny interactions with your new personal assistant, Siri.

To contribute, simply log in and hit the REC button here.

Dec 9, 201115 notes

Dec 9, 2011566 notes

Video for CITSF221

Many of you have finished your video assignments. You can load them to your web server to turn them in, or to Tumblr if you prefer. Just be sure and send me a link through Blackboard to the video you want me to grade.

If you created your movie in Windows MovieMaker, you will not be able to load your video directly into Tumblr. You have a few options:

Create a simple text link to your video from your web server
Upload your video to YouTube and embed it in Tumblr that way
Convert your WMV file to H.264, MP4, or AAC format and load it directly to Tumblr

Dec 9, 2011

Tripline - Map and Explore → tripline.net

Create a map and add media

Dec 9, 2011

The Fold Exists but Does it Matter? → designfestival.com

This article outlines the counterpoints against the convention of “the fold” in web site design.

Dec 8, 20113 notes

#webdev

I Still Love Flash. Here’s Why. → designfestival.com

A different perspective on Flash. Not everyone hates it. That being said, there is also an Occupy Flash movement afoot.

Dec 8, 2011

#webdev #flash